Marcos Ambrose continued to show his mastery of the curvy road course in Watkins Glen, N.Y., by winning the pole position for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race.

Ambrose, who has won the last two Cup races at Watkins Glen International -- the Australian's only victories in the series -- turned a lap of 128.241 mph in his Ford on Saturday to capture the first starting spot.

"I've never had a pole position here, so I dug deep and put down a solid lap and it was enough," Ambrose, 36, told reporters at the track. "It's a very special moment for me."